Ringing in 2017: A Kid-Friendly New Years Party

After doing some research, I am actually looking forward to doing a New Years Eve Party this year WITH kids! It will take some planning beforehand but it is sure to be fun and memorable for all. Below is a sampling of some of the great ideas I found in my research.

Make Surprise bags for each hour: Attach them to balloons so that the kids have a visual the closer it gets to midnight! As the clock strikes each hour, they pop a balloon and get to open the bag! Some ideas to put inside the bags: A New Years Even scavenger hunt, an age-appropriate game like Apples to Apples Jr. or Candy Land, supplies for a New Years Eve craft (see #3 for some ideas) or a fun snack!

New Years Eve Time Capsules: An alternative to this would be a New Years Eve video. All you do is either fill out the same questionnaire each year or ask the same questions each year and record it on your phone. HERE is a cute free printable that I found. Make sure you make time to look through the previous year’s time capsule as a family if you have one!

Photo booth: All you need is a white sheet, cute tablecloth, or blank wall for the backdrop. You will find a TON of cheap photo booth printables on Etsy that you can download and print! Have your kids help you cut them out and then attach to a popsicle or craft stick. If you have a polaroid or Instax camera, your guests will have some cute memories to take home with them that night!

Kid-Friendly Toast: Instead of champagne, have a cookies and milk toast at midnight!

I would love to know some other cute ideas to keep the kids awake (and entertained) until midnight!

About Abby Misegades

Abby is a wife to Logan and Mom to Stella (January 2013) and Chloé (March 2015). She was raised in Lake Highlands and moved back after college to pursue her Corporate Marketing career with two major retailers here in Dallas. All her goals and plans changed after a whirlwind weekend in California where she experienced love at first sight with a Frenchman. A year later they were married and moved overseas to embark on a 2 year fairytale living and working in France at a B&B in the French Countryside. After her daughter was born, they made the bittersweet decision to come back to Texas to plant roots. Now she spends her days juggling 2 little girls and running a couple of businesses part-time from home. She enjoys drinking French wine, spends way too much time picking the perfect Emojis for her text messages, refinishing furniture, and is a complete Netflix snob. You can follow her blog Bonjour, Y'all or find her on IG overgramming pics of her darling girls at @mrsfrenchy.